System and method for generating an online interactive story

Abstract

A system and method for generating an interactive story is provided comprising a system that prompts an individual with a image or photograph and provides a set of active and descriptive words relating to the picture, as well as a set of predetermined, commonly-used parts of speech and phrases, including articles, verbs, prepositions, and conjunctives. The user is instructed to write an essay, short story, letter or poem online employing only said given set of active and descriptive words relating to the common picture. The completed textual work may then be submitted to a contest or posted for others to read and critique.

1. A system for generating an interactive story comprising:
 means for generating a graphic image;  
 means for generating active and descriptive terms relating to said graphic image;  
 means for generating a set of commonly used terms; and  
 means to incorporate said active and descriptive terms and said commonly used terms into a story relating to said graphic image.  
 
   
   
     2. The system of  claim 1 , wherein said means for generating and means for incorporating are provided on a global computer network. 
   
   
     3. The system of  claim 2 , further including means for evaluating and judging said prose or poetry. 
   
   
     4. A system for allowing users to generate interactive prose or poetry on a computer network, said system comprising:
 an electronic database of at least one graphic picture;  
 an electronic database of active and descriptive terms relating to said at least one graphic picture;  
 means for converting said active and descriptive terms into manipulative graphic images;  
 an online application for displaying said at least one graphic picture and said manipulative graphic images corresponding to said active and descriptive terms relating to said at least one graphic picture, said application including means to manipulate said graphic images into phrases and sentences in order to create said prose or poetry; and  
 electronic means for collecting and viewing said prose or poetry.  
 
   
   
     5. A method for allowing users to generate interactive prose or poetry on a computer network, said method comprising:
 providing a graphic image;  
 providing active and descriptive terms relating to said graphic image;  
 providing a set of commonly used terms; and  
 incorporating said active and descriptive terms and said commonly used terms into a story relating to said graphic image.  
 
   
   
     6. The method of  claim 5 , further including the step of evaluating said story and providing instruction on how to improve said story. 
   
   
     7. The method of  claim 5 , further including the step of delivering said story to one or more recipients. 
   
   
     8. The method of  claim 5 , further including the step of collecting two or more of said stories, comparing said stories based on creativity and language use, and providing an evaluation of said stories. 
   
   
     9. A method for allowing users to generate interactive prose or poetry on a computer network, said method comprising the steps of:
 providing an online application for generating at least one graphic picture, active and descriptive terms relating to said graphic picture and a set of commonly used terms;  
 converting said active and descriptive terms and said commonly-used terms into manipulative graphic images; and  
 manipulating said manipulative graphic images utilizing said online application into phrases and sentences in order to create said prose or poetry relating to said graphic picture.  
 
   
   
     10. The method of  claim 9 , further including the step of collecting and sorting said prose or poetry. 
   
   
     11. The method of  claim 10 , further including the step evaluating and judging said prose or poetry. 
   
   
     12. The method of  claim 9 , wherein said step of generating said graphic picture and said terms relating to said graphic picture comprises the step of submitting a hyper-text markup language document containing said picture and said terms. 
   
   
     13. The method of  claim 9 , wherein said step of generating said graphic picture and said terms relating to said graphic picture comprises the step of uploading an electronic document containing said picture and said terms using file transfer protocol. 
   
   
     14. The method of  claim 9 , further including the step of providing an online administrative feature for indexing, sorting, displaying, archiving and deleting said prose or poetry.